Issue - meetings

(i)    approve the expenditure of up to £202,435 to provide grant funding to the identified grant funded counselling services for the financial year 2020/2021,

(ii)  to make the direction as attached at Appendix A, and instructs the Chief Officer to issue a direction to Aberdeen City Council to procure the service provided by the aforementioned counselling services; and

(iii) to note the intention to work with providers to review the service activity and ensure that it is aligned to the whole system provision of mental health services across the City.

The Board had before it a report from the Chief Officer, ACHSCP which advised the Board of grant funding requirements for the financial year 2020/2021 to all listed grant funded counselling services, and informed the Board of the intention to review the service activity and ensure it is aligned to the whole system provision of mental health services across Aberdeen City.

The Board heard from the Lead Commissioner, ACHSCP who provided an overview of the report and its intentions.

The report recommended :-

that the Board -

(a)  approve the expenditure of up to £202,435 to provide grant funding to the identified grant funded counselling services for the financial year 2020/2021,

(b)  to make the direction as attached at Appendix A, and instructs the Chief Officer to issue a direction to Aberdeen City Council to procure the service provided by the aforementioned counselling services; and

(c)  to note the intention to work with providers to review the service activity and ensure that it is aligned to the whole system provision of mental health services across the City.

The Board resolved :-

to approve the recommendations.